When The Ngeks Meet for Meatballs

It is really difficult to meet all the Ngeks eventhough there are only 5 of us bcoz everyone is always bz. Even for this meatballs session, we had to plan 1 month ahead bcoz Nana was bz with her exams and Ein with her never ending family functions. Hehe.

So finally last Sunday we get to meet up. We arrived at IKEA around 10ish but found out they only serve meatballs at 11.30am so we ordered light breakfast and got to catch up with each other while waiting. Faez is due to deliver her 2nd baby early December, which is next month! Nury is expecting her 3rd baby in March next year and Nana June next year.

We were so happy to to finally have our meatballs. It was a girls only session but Nana had to bring Iman bcoz her husband had to attend to his class that morning.

After filling up our tummies with the yummy food and 3 hours of sitting at IKEA's cafeteria, we decided to jalan2 to exercise our feet and eyes. Hehe.

Our outing will not be complete without a group photo and after 3 attempts of taking our own photo in front of a mirror, we finally got a nice shot which i personally loved bcoz it looked as though we were all in a frame.

I guess the next time we'll be seeing each other will be when Faez delivers. Eventhough we don't see each other often, we always keep in touch with each other via facebook, BBM or sms.

Private party for a little princess

As usual, no birthday party or eating out at a fancy restaurant. Just us, a birthday cake, at home. If only Leia's Mbah Kong (my dad) was here, it would have been perfect.

Leia's a big, smart girl now. She knows how to blow her birthday candle on her own. She was even shy at first when i put the birthday cake in front of her.

Luq also wanted to blow the candle. Fuhhhhhhhhh!!

Me and my 2 munchkins.

It was a coincidence that everyone wore red/ pink yesterday.

Leia showing the world that she is now TWO years old.
Mummy and daddy hope that you will grow up to become a soleh child who will always remember to send your du'as to us when we are no longer in this world.
Happy 2nd birthday my little princess.

You will always be mummy's baby girl.

Nuraleia Ekaputri is TWO!

Alhamdulillah. My baby girl is two today. Since last Friday was a public holiday (Deepavali), i've requested Mr A to take leave today so that he could spend the day with us since it's Leia's birthday. We went to Wangsa Walk Mall to let the kids play and it was also the first time for Mr A to join us there bcoz normally me and the kids will go there with my mum.

Luq and Leia really enjoyed themselves especially bcoz daddy was there. So did Mr A.

After a couple of hours in Wangsa Walk Mall, we went to One Utama to collect Leia's birthday cake and since we haven't had lunch, we ate at Teppanyaki. It's been quite a while since we went out for an outing and having to go out on a weekday made it more enjoyable and stress free bcoz the malls are less crowded. Most importantly, we were together to celebrate Leia's birthday.

Toilet training Leia

* I did not take these photos when Leia was pooping. These were when I was training her to pee. Hehe

I actually planned to start toilet training Leia after she turned 2yo in 4 days time but today she already took her 1st toilet training lesson. It has been a while now that everytime she wants to poopoo, she will inform me. Not during or after poopoo BUT before. So this morning when she told me she wanted to poopoo, i quickly put her on the toilet, took a stool and sat beside her. She thought that i was playing with her but after i explained to her why she was sitting on the toilet, she kind of understood and after a few minutes she pooped. She was a bit scared at first and wanted me hug her. Maybe bcoz she was used to having the diaper as a support but when it was over, she smiled and clapped her hands.

It was the same with Luq last time. I started training him to poopoo in the toilet first then later pee. I think teaching Leia to pee will be a bit difficult bcoz she drinks water a lot and i will have to remember to always bring her to the toilet. For the meantime, i'll let her wear her diapers until she reaches 2yo but after next week i'll go all out to train her. I feel like my baby girl is all grown up and i'm very blessed to see her progress every day.

The right time

No, i did not just bought a new watch and am not trying to sell online. I got this Tissot watch in 1995 during my 5 years tenure with my previous company but i haven't wore it even once until today. It is still in very good condition (with the plastic still on). In V*DS, if u serve the company for 5 years, u get a Tissot watch and a Tag Heuer watch for a 10 years tenure. It was part of the company's initiative to show that they value their long serviced staff.

I value this watch so much bcoz it holds many great memories from when i was in V*DS. I'm waiting for the right time to wear it and i hope 'it' will happen soon.

Bottle no more

It's been 1+ week now since Luq stopped drinking milk from the bottle. Before this, we (Mr A n i) trained him to drink milk from the bottle only at night but bcoz he damaged his last bottle nipple by biting on it, he had no choice but to drink from the glass/ cup. At first it was a bit diffficult bcoz he used to wake up at dawn and ask for milk so Mr A had to explain (Mr A is in charge of waking up n making milk) to him there was no more drinking from the bottle and send him to bed.

We had to be creative bcoz Luq didn't want to drink from any ordinary cup so since we had a few TGV combo cups, each time he wants to drink milk we'll ask him which cup he wants. So far, the Iron Man 2 is his favourite. Some may say 4 yo is a bit late for a child to stop drinking milk from the bottle but for me, nothing is too late bcoz i've seen children who are still drinking milk from the bottle even when they are already in primary school.

Catching up

I've been a really bad blogger. If spiders could live in my blog, i tell u there would be a huge web right now. I'm not lazy to blog. Trust me i have so much to write in my mind but i just don't have the time to sit in front of the lappy. Today i'm a bit free bcoz all house chores are done yesterday so i guess there'll be a few entries from me today. Stay tuned!